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September 2013

September 25, 2013

On ‘GodTube,’ Talking About Food and Eating and Obesity…

I definitely don't like watching videos of myself. I like it less than listening to...

September 24, 2013

Tired of “Smug Advice, Hackneyed Words, and Silent Judgment” from Christians?

Then you should read this book. My grandmother had been languishing in her dingy apartment,...

September 23, 2013

Not Real Simple: The Allure of Amish Romance Novels

The winter of 2010 was my fourth consecutive winter living overseas. After three years in...

September 19, 2013

What’s On God’s Shopping List? (An Interview With Jonathan Merritt)

Jonathan Merritt, to whom I had the pleasure of serving some snax as he and...

September 18, 2013

The World is No Disposable Ladder To Heaven: RIP, RFC

Until 2003, Father Robert Farrar Capon served as an assisting priest at the Episcopal church...

September 17, 2013

A flirtatious email that I sent on September 11th. Yes, *that* September 11th.

“Where are you from?” I had asked. “Montana,” he said. “Really? Who’s from Montana? I’m...

September 16, 2013

The Ordinary, Extraordinary, Ancient Craft of Pottery

I've always wanted to learn pottery. As a child I had no fewer than...

September 02, 2013

Turn, turn, my wheel!

Turn, turn, my wheel! Turn round and round Without a pause, without a sound: So...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

What Are You FOR?

No, no, not what are you for, as in, why are you here--what are you...

August 28, 2013

Kicking the Outrage Habit in the Blogosphere (with stick-figure cartoons!)

"All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of...

August 26, 2013

You’ve Got Mail, A Swedish movie about Death, Kissing Dating Goodbye, and Finding Love despite Pride and Prejudice.

My husband and I basically fell in love via AOL instant message conversations that led...

August 23, 2013

My Top 5 Books on The Body

The September print issue of Christianity Today has my recommendations for the 'top 5' books...

August 22, 2013

“Peace, Be Still,” The Fisherman’s Prayer, and anchors for the soul.

There is a very old prayer--known as the “fisherman’s prayer” or the “seafarer’s prayer”--that goes...

August 21, 2013

How To Make (Psychological and Emotional) Space to Create.

My children spend more time building with Lego than just about anything else. While they...

August 19, 2013

The Stunningly Illustrated Children’s Bible That Should Still Be In Print (But Isn’t)

There is an appealing, almost haunting spareness to the Taize Picture Bible (1968) in both...

August 16, 2013

Obsessing With (And About) David Rakoff

I identified with the late David Rakoff in a number of ways. Sure, I'm a...

August 14, 2013

Why is it so hard to say things? Thoughts on Newspeak, AIDSpeak, and ObesitySpeak

I am not shy about using the saltshaker, and neither I nor anyone else in...

August 13, 2013

Three Reasons I Really Did Not Like Michael Pollan’s Newest, “Cooked”

1. The premise feels phony and staged: Pollan has said that he is "more at...

August 12, 2013

Anxiety is Love’s Greatest Killer

{see also: 5 Timeless Books of Insight on Fear and the Creative Process The Paris...

August 09, 2013

While You’re Signing That Change.org Petition, Don’t Forget to Look Up From Your iPhone

My friend Karen Swallow Prior has an award-winning essay up at Christianity Today's This is...

August 08, 2013

Eat With Joy: Redeeming God’s Gift of Food on SALE for $2.99 on Kindle

Get it while the deal is still on!

August 07, 2013

What Not To Do When There’s Nothing Much You Can Do

I don't like goodbyes. For years, when my mother and I are about to say...

August 05, 2013

When We Are More Interested in Evangelical In-Fighting Than Serious Issues of Justice

My dad used to tell a joke from the pulpit, back when "damn" was a...

August 02, 2013

Put Down Your iPhone, Moses, Not All Messages Come Via Text

I think this image really is worth at least a thousand words, which is the...

August 01, 2013

The Unexpected Way of Jesus

Imagine: you have been waiting a long time for a surprise. You know that it...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Results Returned: Searching Evangelical Blogs…and the Bible (a comic strip)

July 30, 2013

If You Are New To This Blog…

Amy Julia Becker asked me to write a little introduction to what my blog is...

July 29, 2013

That Vacation-y Feeling (and some vacation-y reading)

I'm going to be a little less consistent about blogging in the next week or...

July 26, 2013

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning for collagen lips…

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning for collagen-enhanced lips The...

July 25, 2013

Sustainable Traditions

I'm really grateful to share another great review of my book over at Sustainable Traditions!...